never should have gone there in the first place...
Posted on 02/28/2019 9:38:01 AM PST by GIdget2004
President Donald Trump's decision not to hold North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un responsible for Otto Warmbier's death was "reprehensible," former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum said Thursday.
"This is the conundrum of Donald Trump for many of us who like his policies and don't like a lot of the things he does and says," Santorum said of the decision to CNN's John Berman on "New Day."
"But, this is reprehensible, what he just did. He gave cover, as you said, to a leader who knew very well what was going on with Otto Warmbier," Santorum, who is a CNN political commentator, said. "And again, I don't understand why the President does this. I am disappointed, to say the least, that he did it."
Earlier Thursday, Trump, who was in Hanoi for a summit with Kim, said the North Korean leader "felt badly about it. He felt very badly," telling reporters the two discussed the matter privately. "He tells me that he didn't know about it and I will take him at his word."
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Santorum is a unipartier.
I always thought of Santorum as a character in Neil Diamond’s song, “Brother Love’sTraveling Salvation show.”
Santorium needs to zip it. Now is not the time to beat the hysteria drum over Otto. That can happen after disarmament.
From what I can tell, Otto was treated just as any North Korean would be treated, if they had done what he did.
Except that North Koreans know not to do that. If Otto didn’t know, then it is the fault of the people who arranged his trip. If Otto did know, then it was his fault.
Love the song! But, FWIW, I think less Brother Love and more Elmer Gantry. :-)
Come to think of it, that might be what I am really associating with. I love that song also (not Santorum, LOL). In fact, Neil Diamond has some of the greatest songs ever.
never should have gone there in the first place...
Exactly... IIRC, he tried stealing a NK flag off a building for a souvenir. Most likely, if he'd offered to buy one somewhere, the Norks probably would've accommodated him.
Actually I believe it was a propaganda poster from the lobby of his hotel. It would have been quite a get if he had gotten away with it, instead he paid with his life.
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